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A21
world
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 www.guardian.co.tt Guardian
Independence is
"closer than it s ever
been", Scotland First
Minister Alex Salmond
has said.
Salmond spoke to the
BBC as polls suggested a
narrowing of the gap
between the Yes and No
campaigns.
He said people who
had never engaged with
MP Jim Murphy,
who was hit by
an egg while
campaigning last
week, resumes
his 100 Streets in
100 Days Better
Together tour
outside the Royal
Scottish
Academy in
Edinburgh, as the
Scottish
independence
referendum
campaign
continues,
yesterday.
AP PHOTO
The US military has carried out air
strikes in Somalia, reportedly targeting
a convoy carrying the leader of mil-
itant group al-Shabab.
It is not clear if Ahmed Abdi Godane
was hit in the strikes 150 miles south
of the capital, Mogadishu.
An al-Shabab source told the BBC
at least nine people were killed.
The US has carried out several air
strikes in recent years in Somalia where
al-Shabab controls many central and
southern areas.
African leaders have met in neigh-
bouring Kenya, where they agreed to
collaborate in intelligence gathering and
galvanising resources to fight terrorism
and violent extremism on the conti-
nent.
Nigeria s President Goodluck
Jonathan said acts of terror by Boko
Haram and others who share their ide-
ology were the biggest threat to regional
stability.
A US official quoted by the American
media said "a senior al-Shabab oper-
ative" had been targeted but did not
name him.
Abdikadir Mohamed Nur, governor
of Lower Shabelle Region, who is with
the advancing forces, told the BBC that
the attack was successful.
"US drones managed to hit the rep-
resentative of al-Qaeda in Somalia, who
is also the leader of al-Shabab, Ahmed
Godane," he told the BBC Somali serv-
ice.
"We can tell that a senior figure from
the group was killed due to the way
they reacted after the attack, as they
have started committing atrocities in
the area, they have beheaded some of
the people who had mobile phones and
arrested many others."
The al-Shabab source said it unlikely
that Godane was hit as he avoided the
coast region and never travelled in a
convoy---precautionary measures he
took a long time ago.
(BBC)
US targets al-Shabab leader
UNITED NATIONS---The international
group Doctor Without Borders warned
yesterday that the world is losing the
battle against Ebola and lamented that
treatment centres in West Africa have
been "reduced to places where people
go to die alone" as authorities race to
contain the disease.
In Liberia, a missionary organisation
announced that another American doc-
tor has become infected.
Doctors Without Borders President
Joanne Liu said her organisation is com-
pletely overwhelmed by Ebola outbreak
in four West African countries. She
said treatment centres can offer little
more than palliative care and called on
other countries to contribute civilian
and military medical personnel familiar
with biological disasters.
World Health Organisation Director
Margaret Chan warned that the out-
break would "get worse before it will
get better" and would require a larger
global response. She thanked countries
that have helped but said: "We need
more from you. And we also need
those countries that have not come
on board."
The latest missionary to come down
with the disease, a male obstetrician,
was not immediately identified by the
group Serving In Mission. He did not
work in an Ebola ward. The group did
not specify how he contracted Ebola,
but it can be spread through vaginal
fluids.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa
has killed more than 1,500 people in
Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nige-
ria.Earlier yesterday, the UN Food and
Agriculture Organisation warned that
food in countries hit by Ebola is becom-
ing more expensive and will become
scarcer as farmers can t reach their
fields.
Authorities have cordoned off entire
towns in an effort to halt the virus
spread.
For instance, the price of cassava
root, a staple in many West African
diets, has gone up 150 per cent in one
market in Liberia s capital, Monrovia.
An estimated 1.3 million people in
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone will
soon need help feeding themselves, said
the UN. (AP)
Doctors' group
says world is losing
battle against Ebola
politics were becoming
involved, calling it "a
democratic sensation."
The UK government
said it would continue to
make the "strong, clear
argument" that Scotland
could have "the best of
both worlds" in the UK.
On September 18, vot-
ers in Scotland will be
asked the referendum
question: "Should Scot-
land be an independent
country?"
Salmond said: "Inde-
pendence is obviously
closer than it s ever been
but it s not about the
opinion polls.
"What s happening is
in the streets, the com-
munities, the church
halls, the village halls
around Scotland."
Scotland s first minis-
ter claimed the referen-
dum campaign was "a
wonderfully engaging,
empowering experience
with some of our fellow
citizens, some of whom
have never given a stuff
about any politician or
any political party but are
engaging in this process,
queuing to register to
vote.
"This is a democratic
sensation we re having."
And he claimed that if
Scots did not take the
"opportunity" of inde-
pendence they could face
"the biggest hangover in
history."
The first minister s
comments came on the
final day of voter regis-
tration before the refer-
endum. Local registration
centres have reported
receiving thousands of
applications as the dead-
line approached.
Thousands of people
have registered to vote in
Scotland in the past
week, with local regis-
tration centres saying
they have received tens
of thousands of applica-
tions in the last few days
ahead of the midnight
deadline last night.
Prime Minister David
Cameron s official
spokesman said opinion
polls would not make the
UK government change
its strategy.
"We have confidence
in the argument that the
government and others
are making," he said.
"The only poll that
matters is the referendum
itself."
He added: "We have a
strong, clear argument
we can be confident in.
"The people of Scot-
land can have the best of
both worlds and the
message from the UK
government, and from
Wales and Northern Ire-
land, is: we want you to
stay."
(BBC)
Scottish yes vote is
'closer than ever'